diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/greedylb/greedylb.cc b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/greedylb/greedylb.cc
index 4e21a433ab..8bd95ecf5c 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/greedylb/greedylb.cc
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/greedylb/greedylb.cc
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Values: <double>
 Default: 0.8
 Description:
   The load threshold of objects to consider for potential migration on each
-  rank. All objects over threshold * average_load on each rank will
+  rank. All objects over threshold * average_load on each rank will be
   considered. If the parameter "auto" is set to "true", this will be the minimum
   threshold; otherwise, it sets the threshold directly.
 )"
diff --git a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/hierarchicallb/hierlb.cc b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/hierarchicallb/hierlb.cc
index 03d13b077b..603869e409 100644
--- a/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/hierarchicallb/hierlb.cc
+++ b/src/vt/vrt/collection/balance/hierarchicallb/hierlb.cc
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Values: <double>
 Default: 0.8
 Description:
   The load threshold of objects to consider for potential migration on each
-  rank. All objects over threshold * average_load on each rank will
+  rank. All objects over threshold * average_load on each rank will be
   considered. The order these will be selected is based on the value passed to
   "strategy". If the parameter "auto" is set to "true", this will be the minimum
   threshold; otherwise, it sets the threshold directly.